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Amazon Flex Drivers Allegedly Fired via Automated Employee Evaluations

AI Incident Database · article · Jun 28, 2021 · UTC

Amazon Flex's contract delivery drivers were dismissed using a minimally human-interfered automated employee performance evaluation based on indicators impacted by out-of-driver's-control factors and without having a chance to defend against or appeal the decision.

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recordType
incident-report
evidenceStatus
reported
region
Global

Reported occurrence date: 2015-09-25T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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